{"id":2806,"date":"2020-05-16T20:43:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?page_id=2806"},"modified":"2020-05-16T20:43:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T20:43:37","slug":"tales-of-two-local-restaurants-coping-with-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/tales-of-two-local-restaurants-coping-with-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham restaurant owners carve new paths to cope with coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Gov. Roy Cooper shut down restaurant dining rooms in March,\u00a0owners had to quickly choose between converting to take-out fare or posting <em>Closed!<\/em> signs.<\/p>\n<p>But the story doesn&#8217;t stop there.\u00a0Since Cooper announced his emergency order, Durham restaurant owners found new ways to stay connected to their customers and Durham.<\/p>\n<p>9th Street Journal reporter Caroline Petrow-Cohen describes how <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh DeCarolis of\u00a0<\/span>Mothers &amp; Sons <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/9thstreetjournal\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2782&amp;action=edit\">has adapted and innovated<\/a> in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ren\u00e9e Weisz shows how <\/span>Happy + Hale CEO Tyler Helikson has so far found a way to <a href=\"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2020\/05\/16\/on-ninth-street-a-downsized-happy-hale-hangs-on\/\">hang on and give back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-weight: 400\">At top: Mothers &amp; Sons Trattoria shut down after Gov. 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